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James Thurber

1894 - 1961

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James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist and playwright. He was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker and collected in his numerous books. Thurber was one of the most popular humorists of his time and celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Thurber has received more than 1,111,204 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). James Thurber is the 3,790th most popular writer (down from 3,256th in 2019), the 5,072nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,275th in 2019) and the 425th most popular American Writer.

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  • 49.28

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Thurber ranks 3,790 out of 5,755Before him are Gudrun Pausewang, Lydia Becker, Maurice Schumann, Žemaitė, Iraj Mirza, and Hervé Le Tellier. After him are Masuji Ibuse, Mihailo Lalić, Dominique Fernandez, Kočo Racin, Saul Alinsky, and Maxwell Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, James Thurber ranks 159Before him are Alexander P. de Seversky, Goro Yamada, Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Giuseppe Tucci, Willem Schermerhorn, and Viorica Ursuleac. After him are Robert Menzies, Walter Piston, Oskar Maria Graf, José Bustamante y Rivero, Esfir Shub, and Henryk Sławik. Among people deceased in 1961, James Thurber ranks 103Before him are Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Beppo Levi, Sergio Osmeña, Joseph M. Schenck, and Charles D. B. King. After him are Percy Grainger, Walter Bedell Smith, Olav Bjaaland, Scott LaFaro, Alberto Chividini, and Paul W. Merrill.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Thurber ranks 5,072 out of 18,182Before him are Mike Bloomfield (1943), Brie Larson (1989), Eric S. Raymond (1957), William Smith (1933), Patti Scialfa (1953), and Nate Dogg (1969). After him are Jim Walton (1948), Saul Alinsky (1909), Bob Gale (1951), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Richard M. Karp (1935), and Ethel Merman (1908).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Thurber ranks 425Before him are David Baldacci (1960), Sandra Brown (1948), David Brin (1950), Ron Kovic (1946), C. J. Cherryh (1942), and V. C. Andrews (1923). After him are Saul Alinsky (1909), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Bret Harte (1836), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), James Redfield (1950), and Aaron Sorkin (1961).